William Mather (Bill)
Swinden
Male
England
1886-07-27
Altrincham, Cheshire, England
1964-07-18
Worthing, Sussex, England
Bill Swinden enjoyed greater success at badminton than he did at lawn tennis, notably winning the men’s singles title at the Scottish Badminton Championships in 1923. A company chairman by profession, he left an estate worth more than £150,000 at the time of his death in 1964.
1919 - 1934
3
20
7
1923 - Northampton Hard Courts (Amateur)
1921 - Wallingford-on-Thames (Amateur)
1919 - Romsey (Amateur)
Round 2
Ronald Alfred Shayes 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
w.o.
Round 2
Rene Gallepe 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Dr. W.B. Stott 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-3
6-4
4-6
6-3
Round 1
William Mather (Bill) Swinden 1 *
Henry John Francis Hunter
6-3
6-4
7-5
Round 2
Nicolae Mishu 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-2
6-2
6-4
Final
John Pennycuick 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-4
4-6
6-3
7-5
Round 1
William Mather (Bill) Swinden 1 *
Clinton Gilbert McIlquham
6-3
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Cecil John Tindell-Green 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-4
6-0
6-4
Final
William Mather (Bill) Swinden 1 *
W. Irwin
7-5
6-4
Round 1
Brian Norton 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-4
6-2
7-5
Final
George S. Fletcher 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-2
4-6
6-0
Final
Major Josiah George Ritchie 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-2
6-2
6-3
Final
William Mather (Bill) Swinden 1 *
Alfred Vincent Putney Burr
11-9
6-4
Round 1
Neville Willford 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 1
William Mather (Bill) Swinden 1 *
Henry Hew Gordon Dacre Stoker
3-6
6-3
6-3
Round 2
Alfred Warburton Davson 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
7-9
8-6
9-7
Quarterfinals
William Mather (Bill) Swinden 1 *
Gerald (Gerry) Millard
9-7
6-2
Semifinals
Henry Portlock 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
6-3
6-0
Round 1
Croxton Buckley Bingham Smith-Bingham 1 *
William Mather (Bill) Swinden
4-6
6-2
6-4
3-6
6-4
Final
William Mather (Bill) Swinden 1 *
G.E. Hoghton
6-1
6-2